Belgian writer-directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are set to helm the fourth installment of the 'Beverly Hills Cop' movie series.
- Jun 15, 2016
AceShowbiz - The long-awaited sequel to "Beverly Hills Cop III", "Beverly Hills Cop IV", has found its new directors. Deadline has confirmed that award-wining writer-directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are set to helm the film for Paramount Pictures.
El Arbi and Fallah are filmmakers of Moroccan heritage who studied at the Luca School of Arts in Brussels. Both directed short film "Broeders" and feature film "Image". The duo gained recognition after winning TIFF's Discovery Award last year when they premiered their edgy drama "Black". The drama focuses on a 15-year-old girl in a black gang in Brussels who falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang, who later must choose between loyalty and love.
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Eddie Murphy were impressed by the duo's work on "Black". They met El Arbi and Fallah and were surprised to find out that the original "Beverly Hills Cop" was very important to El Arbi and Fallah as filmmakers.
The two were tapped to tackle the helming duty after Brett Ratner dropped out of the project. Sources say that the film production will begin late this year or early 2017. The film will be based on a screenplay co-written by Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec, who co-wrote "Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol".
The story will center on Axel Foley (Murphy), who returns to Detroit after leaving his job in Beverly Hills. He will be faced with the coldest winter on record to navigate the new rules and old enemies of one of America's most tenacious cities.
